List of United States Political Families (S) - The Straus

The Straus

  • Isidor Straus (1845–1912), U.S. Representative from New York 1894-1895. Brother of Oscar Straus.
  • Oscar Straus (1850–1926), U.S. Minister to Ottoman Empire 1887-1889 1898-1899, U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor 1906-1909, U.S. Ambassador to Ottoman Empire 1909-1910, candidate for Governor of New York 1912. Brother of Isidor Straus.
    • Jesse I. Straus (1872–1936), U.S. Ambassador to France 1933-1936. Son of Isidor Straus.
    • Nathan Straus, Jr., delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1920 1924 1944, New York State Senator 1921-1926. Nephew of Isidor Straus and Oscar Straus.
      • Stuart Scheftel (1911–1994), candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1942. Grandson of Isidor Straus.
      • R. Peter Straus (1924-2012), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1960 1964. Son of Nathan Straus, Jr.

NOTE: Nathan Straus, Jr. was also brother-in-law of New York Supreme Court Justice Irving Lehman and U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman.

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